?u ¥ ■ V \ k i ■> , •f 1 <. / • I V • ' . /.! • ■* h •V- d !l .t r • * I ^ V I’ •;h ■i ■ • u > .*■ ’ I p ; i&i r . 'm • V f f 'iv-.-iv;:.,! /■; f ■ j . i:' li | : !?’ I • j; 11 r -. •( Tr PUBLISHED fff THE attali INTEREST ’ OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE ; :ni j, ' |V; 'Txf •' f j jp f 7 P j K COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1949 ,1 li ■'1 I ■ 1 il it rr Si! I 7 I '< ‘if 1/ -I J Sr • i; uttj: - <« Imne 49 ■t FT "; :i ; Number 30 . |r M 4, \.r Town HaU To Have Burl Ives This Fall ■ ‘ ■ Il x ! : J jj Among the top Town Hall attractions of this Fall will be Buri Ives, famous ballad singer, who will give a concert on October 27. i i j! lyes, who is associated in most people’s minds with r oolly Boogie Bee,” or another of his ■K Consolidated Celebrates New School Ppepng A&M Consolidated High School will celebrate the op ening of its new school build ing with an informal cere mony Thursday, August 25, according to Raymond Rog ers, chairman ofii the enter tainment committee. '4 ' V “Blue Tiil Fly,” “The Woolly well-known songs, has been called* “America’s Mightiest Ballad Sing er” by Carl Sandburg. JA ! 4 J ... . The towering minstrel, who 1 * V stands 6 feet 2 inches and weighs { 240 pounds, appeared in the Broadway musicals, “I married An Angel,” "The Boys From Syra cuse,” and “Heavenly Express,” before the war. [During his year and a half as a soldier he was the ground crew Corporal in “This Is —'The Army.” . Since 1942 when Burl received h|s medical discharge he has mad musical history with amazing suq- ecss on his'radio show, “The Wi farin’ Stranger,” and with his p formance in : the Theatre Guild's “Sing Out, Sweet Land.” jl.j In Hollywood, Ives has made five successful films, of which his second, “Green Grass of ,« Wyoming,” received the trade- , paper “Box-Office” Blue Ribbon Award, for the best family film of 1948. fj"; • • \ Burl was-born in 1909 in Illinois, the son of family of preachers, river gamblers, and steady bid- time farmers, Christened Burl Icje Ivanhoo lyes, he says that as far back as he can remember his fami ly used to sing ballads to him. He made his professional debute 1 at the ago of four when he sang before a gathering of old sold ers in his home, Newton, Illinois. Ives’! great-uncle, a preacher of the old fire and brimstone school, was the youngster’s Idol and his childhood . ambition was to follow in his uncle’s footsteps. - ___But when Burl reached his teqns he realized he would never be an evangelist singer. He entered Eastern! Illinois State Teachers College where he became star full back on the team that won a Con ference championship. Three months before his - graduation he gave in to a life-long yearning to ‘see America. . With fifteen cents in his pock et and a banjo on which was In scribed “Vagabond Lover,” he started thumbing his way east ward^ from village to town, to city, "singing for his meals In small restaurants, at church , socials and barn dances, j. During this cross-country tour Ives ,enlarged his repertoire of folk songs and amassed a collec tion so unrivalled that he can sing for several days and nights with out repeating one ballad. The next few years Ives alter nated between troubadoring and settling down briefly. He played professional football, sang on ah Indiana radio station, traveled with a group of evangelists, and finally wound up in Greenwich Village and then r BroadwayJ Burl has received national re radio reputation bn the concert stage, on radio, on the stage, in night clubs, in films, and as a re cording artists. His records are the largest selling folk song records ort the market. Today Burl Ives has won dis- * tinction ,in his seventh field of en- deavor with the publication of “Wayfaring Stranger,” his auto- I ; ■ j|j Leon County Club Elects Treasurer ! ., At a special called meeting; held * Friday at 1 p.ra.- the Leon County _Club elected Clem Woods to act a$ ■treasurer until the Fall semester I begins. | It was necessary ^to elect Woods to his hew'position to fulfill the .vacancy left by the graduation of the 1 old treasurer, Jack Carring ton. - ' 1 This was the last meeting of the club for the summer. Notice will be given when the club will hold 1 ,ff lits first meeting in the Fall se- i *»?«*«*• j . I '*1^ iWhot’t Cooking INDUSTRIAL EDUC A T10 N WIVES CLUB, 8 p.m., Tuesday, August 23, South Solarium of the YMCA. Dr. Mayo, head of the Highlight of the opening will be a picnic sponsored by the Col lege Station Recreational Council, Rogers saic^ ; The program begins at ,5:30 at which time; there will be skating tot nil the Ms under 12 years of age. Also at MO the fln*jl| (softball game of the year will get under way to delide the championship. The pichio lunch will begin at ' At 8 there will be square dancing on the Patranella Slab with Manning Smith doing the tailing. j . \ T i : ; • The youngsters will be enter tained with a movie in the gym nasium starting at 8. - In the skating contest there are going to be six prizes which will be distributed among different age groups. ” , Ix 1 Juvenile Crime Is Subject Of Kiwanis Talk I i • • r f i • ‘ » i ■ •IIM Pm ’ “Victims of Parental De linquency” was the title of a talk given to the College Sta tion Kiwanis Clubj 1 Tuesday, by the Rev. Vern Swartsfag- er. Rector of Sjc. jjiAndrews Episcopal Church, |Bryan; and founder of Kids’ World, an Ml fl I ;!• i itiii mtW Wmk — iim HP p Wm : . I l • M renowned ballad singer, will appear on Town HaU Oc- In addition to concert taunt; Ives has won distinction tage, night clubs, films and as a recording artist. p Pip, OicfBean . . . j ober 27. radio, Architect Group Tours in England ••• i i By DONALD JARVIS Freshmen to Begin Orien Sunday September 11, atAnnex Animal Husbandry Department Offers 3-Week Sheep Course A special three weeks course, “Sheep and Wool Pro duction Problems,” will be offered by the Animal Husband ry Department beginning August 22 and, ending on Septem ber 9. r j Dr. J. C. Miller, head of the department, is in charge ♦of the course and J. A. Gyay, ex tension animal husbandman; is co ordinator for the course. The first ten days will be spent on the canipuo and the third we^k will be spent in the .field. Professor J.. F. Wilson, head of the wool di vision, Animal Husbandry Depart ment, University California, Davis; California, Will give five lectures during the course. He will discuss the international sheep and wool situation; Austra lian. method of preparing and mar keting wool; recommendations fpr %\ H * V * -'! jfish Department will be guest »ke]r. x - .1 4 r WEATHER LOUISIANA: Fair this after noon, tonight and Tuesday. Oen- tle to moderate northerly winds * 14 on the coast. EAST T EjX- AS, fair this noon, tonight and Tuesday; hot mu C^h change in tem- & /perature. Mod- erjarte mostly northeast winds on the coast 4] T WEST TEX- *: <' • FAIR AS: Generally fair this afternoon, tonight and Tuesday; h^t much change in tem perature b set juvenile- t h e right 1 England is very { much like a £hly crowded museum. Itfs dif ficult to turn anywhere without seeing some point of historical interest back for many cenjturies. The Aggies have been ini Eng land for three days now, and we halve seen most of those plices in London ranging Big Ben 1 ajnd Westminster right down to the Subways they all call the “tujbe.” Every place has evidence of the war and the bombings. Many downtown blocks are razed to tpe foundations, mostly because • the terrific fires started by bombers in 1940. But f»ome- ow you’re not conscious of the asional empty building or the e|mpty block anymore than a cjhild is conscious |of the cavity left by a tooth pulled last week. Many ruined places have gar dejns, displays, or signs about :m. Some of them are quite ective. The people of London go their separate ways, hop ping on of off the moving double decker buses, running,up and down the tube’s escalators, or “queuing organization to delinquents on track. Rev. Swartsfager said that out of the more than 500 i juvenile delinquency cases he has handled in Dallas in three years, only ten parents were not delinquent. He cited the incident that led to the. ['writing of his book, . __ “Bellringers.” A juvenile gang in * escalators or ‘que Dallas rang a huge bell io summon “ p Uinmg up) m the better res its members to crime. Mr. Swarts- an J[^‘ting for a table. Today’s] ifingland is a topsy turvy world, (full of shortages and fager contacted the gang of 15 boys who called themselves “The Royal Legion lot Blackshirts.’' He succeeded in breaking up the gang and helping the boys. None of the 15 boysieame from a home where the.father’s income was less than $5000 a year, he said. J ’He. showed the club blackjacks, knives, pistols and other weapons used by the children. Rev. Swartsfager said the Kid’s World is working to establish a “ranch” in Colorado Springs which will keep and work with misguided children, for six month? t,i nning thei) From Si ingjiesa than 15 hou eaton, registrar, i Member 11, until 1 |iifFi^*tart j on Tv ., Sunday, Septem- college career And urs of College ci Freshr SCSI iman das ♦ start | on Tuesday, September 20j m?'; ' IfTTT J. T. Dotson, mechanical engines ering major from San Antonio, has been named colonel mnnd of the Artillery Regiment for 1949-50. f (111 iT Grove to Close Tuesday Ni^hi . Tomorrow night will (mark the official closing of the Summer session entertain ment activities in The ^rove, announced G. G. White, di rector of Student Activities. “Slave Ship|” starring Wal lace Berry and Mickey Roon ey, will be the title of the free movie , being shown, i] |M “Due to Exchange Store prof its, the seating capacity of i The. hite Grove has been increased b; proximately -4000 seats,!’(j said. ” If: “The interest and cooperation extended by the Entertainment Committee wais largely rejsponBible for a 50 percent boost in attend ance at the Saturday night dance,” commented White. More money can be,; Spent; on] next Summer’s Grove activities be cause of, an allotted increase in Student Activity fees, White con cluded. j • the new students Will follow schedple designed to orient the with the customs and traditioi of A&M. ... ! A f K of C Slate Meet For September 23 ^ .. „ 1 Knight Chofc:). •«*■*•*! of the College Station X rU‘ H Grand w»4h- Knights of Columbus announced Wednesday night that his council will not have another meeting un til Septen^ber 23. ; ! At this time the jcouaHl will resume its regular meetings bn the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at 8 p.m. in the basement of St. Mary’s Chapel, Gabrysch said. On; Sunday, S^ptehiber th Freshmen will receive housing signments from 1-5 p.m. ^ ,YMCA will hold, an informal ceptiqn for the nqw students, their parent? and friends from 3. to 5| p.m. in the Annex Student CenterJ Sunday evening beginning at 7," J. P. Abbott, assistant to the dean of men, will preside at a generall assembly to be held on i the south' side fof the chapel. Week’s Activities Monday’s activities will be re stricted to testing. F. p. Bolton, president of The College, will de liver! a welcoming address at general assembly that evening. ; i; Tyree L. Bell, Class of ’J3 and member of'the A&M Board of Di rectors, will address thfl group on ^Whht It Mean# To Be A Texas Ml®-” : I / lf4:- ■ The schedule fpr TWdav Will be ame ns for the preceding day. evening tnpyifB of famoue e football gajnes will be #hown. Jj | 7 j ; ' '.v. Wednesday, September 14, will be^devotfd to morn testing. At Wednesday cvervingV general as sembly the .senior yell leaders. Glenn Kothmiin, ”R4tf' Duke, and Bill Thornton, will Ipad yell pract-| ice fq’r the Freshmbni | Further Orientation I Tnursdoy morning oriejitatlon will be given in the 1 Anne nasium and will feature W. | L. Penberthy, dean Col. H. L. Boatner, Commandant, .uui U. Col. Robert L. JMelcherj as sistant to the. cojnmahdant. In the afternoon additional In struction will be given 'as an nounced by the Tactical Officers at the morning seksion. . _ | M. L. fashion] YMCAl] secretary; will preside at the general as sembly on Thursday evening. Advisory conference* will be held/all: day Friday to be followed thaV night by the President’s Re ception in the Student,Center. Saturday and Sunday have no ■ activities scheduled. Transportaj- tioii w^l be provided for all, Fresh men who desire to see’the A&M- Villanova football game Saturday night'- j! iU . ] 7 i Registration Monday The (Freshmen will register for classes on Monday, September 18 and classes will begin at the An nex on Tuesday; All activities of Freshmqn Week will take place at the Annex, Hea- : !H * itil i >0$ mm m yn ■ J8 li mm mm: mm m m m [' 7. • ill BH& 4 * ' v •pS;j $sj§ If ■ St m mm is -m m m Wm I wm mm ii' iN TWIXLING GGNTEST—Fancy-stepping Marie Love of Nav Song entries in the baton twirling contest to be held as an _ feature of the Texas A&M-VWanova football game at College Stat on Saturday n^T “ “ ““ ~ ‘ d add color to the sept. IT More than 500 high school musicians ,11 IK :i\i i 1 ill' • ' 1 ■j— ' . N ' 1' ,■ & 1 ^ 11 K, , ' 1 1 ( : if j j II r . ji 14 'J >!, £. j. Young Methodists To Have Picnic Methodist young adults ning, Au* Methodist young ddults from College Station ; Bryan, and neigh boring areas will meet at Caldwell on | the Methodist. Church grounds ic supper | Tuesday eve- st 23* lit 7, announced Brkd Waddle, president 1 of the grcjpp: K ‘ Gpne Cragg, assistant piostor at Bryan, will conduct a wor#hip ser vice. A discussion of aims and plajns for activity in young adult work will be included on the pro gram as ' well as »- discussion on the Young Adult Conference, scheduled September 3-5, ft Lake- view, near Palfstine. ling to bring ludeo. •es £!i riesof Shown ejaudl- Eingln- Berry, jhlc and ighllght immlng : I J educational fihtns will Wednesday afternoon jin. torium of the Pet eering Building, Ho director of the Phot Visual Aids Laborat Wednesday's fill lifesaving, diving techniques, Berry A film on sp; will feature coed# siyt of California, ftihl is also on the said.. t] j : Three other ft in addition Tmjt'. oiw mientary TfSactiqa The weekly showing of educa tional films, which has been car ried on through the sundnen will i 1 diving | Univer- dlvlng. Berry be shown I ier films will be shown to thk diving picture*. “Learning How to ctica'of Lifesaving". be resumed in September, -Berry announced. / Wednes4ay'i it at 3:30 p.m. shown in' .j: : s 1 pictures will bt ; i